tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327216242738438564.post1437025498894158144..comments2023-08-18T01:02:38.716-07:00Comments on Paradise From My Porch.: Where is Paradise? On Spiritual Navel Gazing...Allan Stellarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07167114447852191877noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327216242738438564.post-43341676081600545392014-06-26T00:42:39.394-07:002014-06-26T00:42:39.394-07:00We have as of now seen that the expression "n...We have as of now seen that the expression "navel" was in days of yore utilized within numerous dialects for "focus," and that the Pole, or main issue of the rotating star groupings, was the "Navel of Heaven." But as to the divine Pole there compares a physical one, so it is just characteristic that to the term the "Navel of Heaven" there ought to be the relating articulation the "Navel of the Earth."<br />===============================<br /><a href="http://www.schoolofspirituality.org/Pages/School.htm" rel="nofollow">Meditation on Inner Celestial Light and Sound</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870834417151228900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327216242738438564.post-18136172983865058052013-05-21T14:40:52.941-07:002013-05-21T14:40:52.941-07:00Thanks Bill. I get around 100 hits a day. 15 or 16...Thanks Bill. I get around 100 hits a day. 15 or 16 regular visitors. I might add that all of those visitors are highly intelligent, amazingly gifted people. Above average in every way: looks, intelligence, wit, charm. <br /><br /> ust ran across this by John Muir: “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”<br />― John Muir<br /><br />I'm in good company.Allan Stellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167114447852191877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327216242738438564.post-15233083478441954842013-05-21T13:45:57.591-07:002013-05-21T13:45:57.591-07:00I enjoy your columns. I hope I'm not the only ...I enjoy your columns. I hope I'm not the only one reading them! I'm a little reluctant to comment sometimes; if I'm the sole commenter, people might think I'm a paid shill.<br /><br />Aw, who cares? WTF, I'll keep commenting. Maybe sometime I'll throw in an outrageous internet-type of comment to keep you on your toes (lol!)William R. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03370089694500577639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327216242738438564.post-64604001335449711862013-05-21T11:48:50.181-07:002013-05-21T11:48:50.181-07:00That's high praise coming from you Bill. I'...That's high praise coming from you Bill. I've enjoyed your comments and appreciate your feedback. Thanks! I think I'll give this piece a little more attention and send it off to a couple of editors I know...Allan Stellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167114447852191877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327216242738438564.post-19992302396235763582013-05-21T10:43:59.365-07:002013-05-21T10:43:59.365-07:00Nice post. As good short nature-writing as I'v...Nice post. As good short nature-writing as I've read.<br /><br />Also I think that an inward-looking focus, while probably innate to particular individuals (I hesitate to use the term 'weak-minded'), can be oversold in the service of trying to escape the worries of modern civilization, which are compounded by our separation from nature (a la Ed Abbey, Richard Louv, Paul Shepard, you, etc.) <br /><br />Like you say, best to look outwards, and revel in the beauties of nature, and fill the Void that way.William R. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03370089694500577639noreply@blogger.com